Newspaper Meeting (16:00-20:00 fhs)

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake is sitting crosslegged on the desks again, laptop in his lap. Next to him lies a piece of paper with a list on. Holiday Diversity is the title. A bunch of names are listed up as well. Jake's drinking coffee and regarding the laptop screen thoughtfully.

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[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Groups are good," Angel agreed. "As long as you like everybody who's in them. Like you and Marty and me? Good. You, me, and Buffy? Probably not as good. You know what I mean."

[chasingangela]

"I thought you were, like, ridiculously in love with Buffy and just couldn't be with her because of the loophole thingie," Angela says. "I mean, I don't know her much, but she seems nice, or whatever."

"But yeah, I see your point. Like, right now, Logan Echolls, Rory and me? Would be way awkward."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Logan doesn't want to hang around with me either," Angel lamented. "I tried reaching out to him in the men's room earlier today and got shot down. I think I scared him."

[chasingangela]

"You were reaching out to Logan in the men's room?" Angela asks. "Wow, you're just ... going for connections everywhere today, aren't you?"

"I can see why it would scare him, though. Don't guys, like, completely ignore each other in the bathroom? Or is that just what you tell us?"

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Depends on the guy," Angel shrugged. "I dunno. I just had this feeling that maybe Logan wouldn't panic at that kind of a location. I'm not normally wrong about that but... Anyway, not important. Logan can be comfortable with men's room conversations in his own time, and I can move on to trying to connect with people.

"Like you," Angel looked up into Angela's eyes. "I tried avoiding you and now I see that it's so much better to stop that. That it's okay for you and me to spend time together."

[chasingangela]

Angela rubs her forehead, trying to figure out if Angel is going where she thinks he's going with the stuff about Logan.

She lets it go, deciding she has a filthy mind.

"We should definitely spend time together," Angela agrees. "With Marty, right? Because I'm not sure he'd be crazy about us being together alone."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"I am completely open to that," Angel nodded his agreement. "I'm glad you are too. Though I had a feeling you might be."

[chasingangela]

Angela's eyes flicker to the ground, then back to Angel, as her face reddens.

She's pretty sure she knows what he means, and that hers is not the filthier mind in the conversation.

She decides to try to play dumb in hopes of ending the conversation without completely embarassing either of them.

"Um ... you mean as friends, right? The three of us watching TV or playing soccer or something? Because I'm definitely into, you know, that stuff."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Oh, sure," Angel nodded. "Stuff."

[chasingangela]

"Right ... stuff," Angela says, pushing a piece of hair behind one ear. "No, um, reason to ask this, but ... are you feeling okay, Angel?"

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Totally fine," Angel confirmed. He frowned. "People keep asking me that today."

[chasingangela]

"Probably they don't appreciate your efforts to ... connect," Angela says helpfully. "I mean, it's so different from how you usually are."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Angel sighed. "Not everybody is as nice about it as you are."

[chasingangela]

"I try to be nice, usually."

Angela sighs herself.

"I'm going to go ask Jake what I need to do for the paper before I have to go to Chaucer's class, okay? Maybe I'll see you back at the dorms."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Looking forward to it," Angel smiled.